I looked up Mr. Kongslie's name after I posted the last entry and am sad to report that he died December 17, 2013.
He was on the USS St. Louis, a heavy cruiser at Pearl Harbor. The ship got underway and a Japanese submarine fired two torpedoes at it, but fortunately missed.
After seeing the men jumping overboard from the liberty boat, he then saw the Japanese Zero strafing them. His battle station was manning a 5-inch anti-aircraft gun..
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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